According to the policy adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact info a domain is registered with must be valid and up to date at all times. Additionally, this information is freely accessible on WHOIS lookup web sites and while this may not be a problem for organizations, it may not be very convenient for individuals, because everybody can see their names and their personal email and home addresses, particularly in times when identity theft isn’t that unusual. This is the reason why domain name registrars have introduced a service that conceals the details of their clients without modifying them. The service is referred to as Whois Privacy Protection. In case it is enabled, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner, if they perform a WHOIS lookup. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain name extensions, but it’s still not possible to hide your private information with some country-code extensions.

Whois Privacy Protection in Website Hosting

You can easily activate Whois Privacy Protection for any domain that you’ve registered through our company if you have a website hosting account with us. This can be achieved through the exact same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you administer the hosting account, so you will not have to go through different admin interfaces. In the same section where all your active domain names will be listed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for every domain whose extension supports this service. The status of that icon will quickly show you if the Whois Privacy Protection service is activated for a given domain name or not and by clicking on that icon you can add the service if you have not done so upon signup. What’s more, you will also be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain using the exact same icon and the update will take effect instantaneously.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you’ll be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domain names by taking several easy steps. In case you order a registration or a transfer during the account order procedure, you can get the service together with the domain. If you omit this step and you change your mind at a later point in time, you can add the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, through which you can administer the entire semi-dedicated server account. This is also the place where you can activate Whois Privacy Protection for all other domains that you register with us after the signup process. Renewing or deactivating the Whois Privacy Protection service is just as easy and will take just several clicks.